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agreger1 (1121-25)
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agreger1 (1121-25)

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agejer;  aggregger,  agregger;  eggreger  
  FEW:  *graviare 4,263b Gdf:  agregier 1,166a GdfC: ∅ TL: agregier 1,212 DEAF:  gregier (agregier) G1312 DMF:  agréger 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to make heavy, burdensome: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Servise funt bel e leger -- Nel voleient trop agreger  S Brend mup 696
2to aggravate, exacerbate: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ne change enfer pur aleger Mes pur les mals plus agreger  S Brend mup 1352
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) Sa fin apresme, sis mals est agregez  S Alexis2 284
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  ço (=the fact that J.C. was innocent when he was killed) verreiement agreja sun turment e li sembla plus fort  Reimpredigten 135.81
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  La penance enoitee, nepurquant, Put estre sulum le pecchié grant, Kar pecché put estre aggregé Sulum ceo k’umme ad dignité  Lum Lais ANTS 10251
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  agreger les plaies et encrestre le venym  Sz Med1 128
♦lawto aggravate, worsen: 
( 1310 )  ceo n’est forsqe agregger (var. a grossere; agregeer; abregger) le trespas  YBB Ed II ii 161
( 1323-25 )  en agregeauntz leur mesprisiouns  St Sard 185
( 1330 )  en aggreggeaunt les duresces  Rot Parl2 203
3fig.to grieve: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Jo vei ma gent destruire […] Certes, ceste faisance el cuer forment m’agriege  FANT OUP 1268
4to torment: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Dragons e crapos les agregeient  Vis S Paul octo 97

v.intrans.

to grow worse: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Sun mal agrege e enpire  S Modw 1917
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  averunt duel en muriant K’aprés ira plus aggregant, Ke par lur desir e lur amur Irunt en peine e en dolur  Lum Lais ANTS 13392

p.p. as a.

worse: 
( 1312 )  la maladye soun seignur est agregé  YBB Ed II xii 245
estre agregé sur
to lie heavy on: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  par jour e par nuit est agregee (Latin: gravatur) sur mei la tue mains  Camb Ps 50.XXXI.4

See also:

engreger  greger 
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